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28th Annual Polly Bond Awards 2008 Polly Bond Award
Recipient List 2007 Janette
Pierce Award Winners
2006 Polly Bond Award List Awards
- General Episcopal Communicators invites you to
submit your work for our annual awards competition. The awards are known as
the Polly Bond awards (or just "the Polly Bonds"), in honor of a
former member of the organization. (Click here for more information about Polly Bond.) In addition to earning the honor and prestige
from your peers, many communicators have seen their awards earn them new respect
from their employers, sometime accompanying a promotion or pay increase. Applicants must be full members of the organization, and submit work completed in the calendar year prior to the conference at which awards are presented. Categories exist for a variety of print, broadcast, and electronic categories, and a subcommittee continuously reviews the categories. Applications are prepared near the end of the calendar year, and will have a firm deadline. Judges are recruited by the awards committee, generally from the academic and/or secular press realms. The Polly Bond Awards are presented during the annual conference at a banquet, and a list of the winners are posted on this web site after the award presentations. In addition to the yearly awards, a Janette Pierce Award is given from time to time in recognition of the person who has made exceptional contributions to the ministry of communication and who exemplifies, in both life and work, the ideals and goals of Janette Pierce, a former member of Episcopal Communicators. (Click here for more information about Janette Pierce.) Past recipients of the award include: Salome Breck, 1989, Montreal; Charles Long, 1990, Nashville; William & Helen Ferguson, 1992, San Francisco; Ruth Nicastro, 1993, New Orleans; Dan Crossland, 1997, Durango; and Harry Crandall, 1998, Atlanta; Sarah Moore, 2003, Los Angeles; Barbara Braver, 2005, Salt Lake City. Polly BondThe Polly Bond Awards were established in the mid-1970s by Episcopal Communicators to acknowledge excellence and achievement in the ministry of church communication. They are awarded annually at the Episcopal Communicators meeting for a variety of categories. Read what a fellow communicator has written about Polly's life: "When Polly Bond,
director of communications in the Diocese of Ohio, was stricken with terminal
cancer, Episcopal Communicators unanimously decided to dedicate the awards to
her memory. Polly herself, who never
let her condition get the best of her, was able to participate in the
original guidelines for the awards at her last Episcopal Communicators
meeting, even when she knew she was dying. "Polly had
tremendous faith. She had great loyalty to "With her peers, she was always quick to praise; always ready to cheer you up. She encouraged you to do a better job. She set the example of keeping at a task, never quitting or giving up, but going back one more time and giving it another try. "Polly wore a large pin on her shoulder. Especially after she learned that she had cancer, the pin was her credo. It said, 'Celebrate life.' That's what she did day by day, and that's what she should have wanted us to do: celebrate life by striving for excellence in all that we do." (Excerpts from
"Polly Bond--A Remembrance" by Larry Davidson. Episcopal
Communicators meeting, 1989, Janette PierceThe Janette Pierce Award was established by Episcopal Communicators at their Annual Meeting in 1988 to honor the memory of one of the Episcopal Church's outstanding journalists. It was first presented at the annual meeting in 1989. At the time of her death in January 1988, Janette Pierce was managing editor of The Episcopalian. She was a past president of Episcopal Communicators who had frequently addressed the House of Bishops and the Executive Council about church communication. Respected by bishops and church leaders as well as fellow communicators, she was universally beloved by the organizations' membership. Janette Pierce lived her theology, and her biblical understanding of justice led her to work for the empowerment of individuals -- family, friends and colleagues as well as the oppressed and poor. She saw herself and was seen by others as a pilgrim along the way. She was committed to the joy and to the zest and to the test of the Christian journey. In her own life and work she had a way of translating concepts into action. She was dedicated to a standard of excellence in her work, but she knew that what mattered, even beyond words and images, was truly caring about people and making a difference in their lives. The award, given occasionally at the discretion of the Board of Directors of Episcopal Communicators, is in recognition of the person who has made exceptional contributions to the ministry of communication and who exemplifies, in both life and work, the ideals and goals of Janette Pierce. Recipients:
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